A co-founder of the Karuk-UC Berkeley Collaborative, tribal member Ron Reed is a traditional Karuk dipnet fisherman and a cultural biologist for the Karuk Tribe of California.

He works for the Karuk Tribe of California’s Department of Natural Resources as their Cultural Biologist. In his role, Ron develops plans for eco-cultural revitalization, leads youth cultural education camps, and fosters collaborative research at the nexus of traditional ecological knowledge and western science.